renzev@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoIs "disk" just a different spelling of "disc" or are they actually different words?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square153fedilinkarrow-up1466arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1462arrow-down1imageIs "disk" just a different spelling of "disc" or are they actually different words?lemmy.worldrenzev@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square153fedilinkfile-text
I heard some people say theyre the same thing, but others are adamant that they have different meanings. Which is it?
minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month agoI’ve always viewed it as the Disk contains the Disc. IOW, the floppy has the magnetic disc in it. The optical disc is the disc without the Disk. Probably completely wrong etymologically, but semantically it’s fun.
minus-square_g_be@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoWhere does that leave my solid state disk?
minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoA carryover of terminology? We still say “film” even though most everything is recorded and played back via digital video.
minus-squareTwigletSparkle@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoThis is from Hard Disk Drive (HDD), which is a Hard Drive with a Disk. Some people think the HD stands for Hard Disk, and use it incorrectly in SSD, which has no disks.
minus-square_g_be@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoOh you’re right is solid state drive not disk
I’ve always viewed it as the Disk contains the Disc. IOW, the floppy has the magnetic disc in it. The optical disc is the disc without the Disk.
Probably completely wrong etymologically, but semantically it’s fun.
Where does that leave my solid state disk?
A carryover of terminology?
We still say “film” even though most everything is recorded and played back via digital video.
This is from Hard Disk Drive (HDD), which is a Hard Drive with a Disk. Some people think the HD stands for Hard Disk, and use it incorrectly in SSD, which has no disks.
Oh you’re right is solid state drive not disk